This update identifies areas of supply chain technology that will be sufficiently well served by existing relational database management systems, and enterprise resource planning systems. It also outlines areas of supply chain that distributed databases or ledgers are more suited for. Lastly, to avoid confusion Nahum Goldmann’s contact information is provided at the end. […]
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White Paper | Towards A Supply Chain Operating System
By Brian Laung Aoaeh on August 26, 2017 in Business Models, Computer Science, Intellectual Explorations, Investment Themes, Investment Thesis, Lab Notes, Mathematics, Operations, Organizational Behavior, Startups, Technical Brief, Technology, Uncategorized, Venture Capital
Note: This article does not necessarily reflect the opinion of KEC Ventures, or of other members of the KEC Ventures team. Supplying the world with nearly everything is an enormous and complex job: there are things to discuss. – Rose George (2013-08-13). Ninety Percent of Everything: Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry That Puts Clothes on Your Back, […]
Notes On Early Stage Technology Investing; Art, Science, or Both?
By Brian Laung Aoaeh on June 18, 2015 in Business Models, Innovation, Investing, Lab Notes, Lean Startup, Science, Strategy, Technology, Venture Capital
Often when I have asked other people this question I get a response that leaves me feeling dissatisfied. It seems most investors are compelled to take one side over the other, and, at least as far as the admittedly small sample of investors I have asked this question are concerned, insufficient thought is given to […]
Why Tech Startups Can Gain Competitive Advantage from Operations
By Brian Laung Aoaeh on August 16, 2014 in Entrepreneurship, How and Why, Innovation, Lab Notes, Long Read
Started From the Bottom Now They’re Here: Why Startups Are Racing to Build Operations Teams http://t.co/o2kMPA966I [new blog post] — Hunter Walk (@hunterwalk) August 8, 2014 Hunter Walk’s blog post serves as the inspiration for this one. He points out that operations is key for startups operating in the on-demand economy. I want to pick […]
A Note on Viral Marketing – Part I: What is it?
By Brian Laung Aoaeh on November 30, 2013 in Entrepreneurship, How and Why, Innovation, Lab Notes, Sales and Marketing, Startups, Technology
Recently, I have had to immerse myself into studying about viral marketing in order to understand some challenges faced by startups I am studying or assisting as part of my responsibilities at work. This series of posts on Viral Marketing is my attempt to document some of what I have learned.1 The term “Viral Marketing” […]